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The business and commercial "core" of a municipality (also known as "Downtown").
http://www.realestateagent-listings.com/terminology/terminology_c.htm
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The functional centre around which the rest of a city is comparison shopping, office accommodation, leisure facilities, buildings for recreational use, public museums, art galleries and governmental functions. Generally the area of highest land values within a city.
http://narains.com/glossary.htm
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The area of a city where most large businesses are located.
http://www.boise-idahos-real-estate.com/real-estate-definitions-c-158.html
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The central business district is the traditional business core of a community, characterized by a relatively high concentration of business activity within a relatively small area. The CBD is usually the retail and service center of a community. Because of its compactness, there is usually an emphasis on pedestrian traffic in the CBD.
http://www.nymir.org/zoning/Glossary.html
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The hub of retailing in a city. It is the largest shopping area in that city and is synonymous with the term "downtown." The CBD exists where there is the greatest concentration of office buildings and retail stores.
http://www.prenhall.com/rm_student/html/glossary/c_gloss.html
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The commercial centroid of a community and typically, the historic origin for subsequent growth of the community.
http://eagar.com/General_Plan/glossary.htm
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The traditional hub of most cities and towns; the focus for shopping, banking and commerce and hence the busiest part of the whole area. p. 418
http://users.wbs.warwick.ac.uk/dibb_simkin/student/glossary/ch14.html
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The focus or nucleus of an urban area, containing the major concentration of commercial (and sometimes administrative) land uses. Shops, offices, some warehouses and an entertainment district are usually present in CBD areas.
http://www.gtasa.asn.au/glossary/gloss_c.htm
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Primary business district of a city, which has the area's major governmental offices and professional and retail businesses.
http://www.peakagents.ca/glossary/c6.htm
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the traditional downtown business area of a city or town.
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072553928/student_view0/chapter7/key_terms.html
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The business code of a city which contains the major concentration of retail, office and service functions.
http://www.cascadelink.org/neigh/ghfl/pcpAppendixB.html
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Central business district (CBD) and downtown are terms referring to the commercial heart of a city. Downtown is the usual term in North America. In the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand the "central business district" is used by geographers and sometimes by others, but the term city centre is much more common in everyday usage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_business_district
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Downtown Pittsburgh, sometimes called the "Golden Triangle," is located at the precise confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Business_District_(Pittsburgh)
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